But oh boy was it all worth it. Just to see the excitement in all the fans faces and the sear joy was worth the money I paid for the seat and more. Something I will not forget for a long long time.
Come on Blues and bring on Brisbane. There is always a first time to loose at your home ground.
Un-friggin-believable. You really can't explain the emotion and exhilaration you go through when you're standing in the trenches with the other tragic's and something like what happened last night occurs. Grown men, and women, complete strangers just jumping and hugging and screaming and crying and laughing and singing together. Just brilliant. 96,412 biggest crowd for the year I believe. We are on some sort of run.
x100. gave a few people hugs, high fives and sang the song until my voice could not make any more sound. Almost shed a tear so emotional. Never heard a crowd that loud, I cannot even remember anything like that even during or after the 99 prelim and any GF.
I got my ticket today as a guest pass and I'm a full AFL Gold member for the last 28 years. I got on at 12:20 and no seats in the AFL members stand. i was lucky to get that seat as it was. tried every level and none found. I was livid cost me $83 instead of $22.
I shudder to think what might happen if we make the GF.
I don't share your optimism that Harry would be better next week if he were able to play.
Leaving aside that in the Swan's match he was once again a motivation killer, the fact is that since his return to the side we have gone back to the same old predictable approach of entry into the forward line, namely, coming around the flanks and kicking long to the forward line.
During the time he was out injured our plan of attack was quite different - bringing the ball through the centre corridor as quickly as possible, denying the opposition backmen the chance to settle, and allowing our small forwards freedom of movement.
If he is not available for selection against Melbourne, I hope we return to the plan which has brought us success.
Hmm i get where your coming from and yes Charlie has excelled when Harry is not there, however even though he has been in horrible form this year, he did win a Coleman medal two years ago and had a reasonable year last year. If he kicks 2 goals and is not concussed then he plays next week.
Tall players don't get any shorter as the game goes on, and he is still someone that the opposition has to put one one of their best defenders on to ensure he is kept in check.
Swans are a well coached quality side. Absolutely thrilled with that win. We'll learn so much. Some of my highlights.. - Doc' opening goal - the contested dominance - high pressure - ability to absorb Swans high pressure - shining performance by those lesser stars - non reliance on bigger names - ability to bounce back or at least hold firm when Swans got a run - final siren celebrations - the attitude of every player across 4q - BT having to be nice to the winners
Such an amazing couple of months. Kudos to Vossy and the entire club for staying the course 👏🏼
Go Blues
x2 except you forgot one point.
The crowd noise was unbelievable last night.
I cannot remember hearing anything like that in a long long time if at all.
Razor was going to ball it up. A non-controlling umpire 30-40m away paid the dangerous tackle free.
What about the blatant throw from Petracca that resulted in the Neal-Bullen goal in the third quarter?
Yes was going to mention that. Razor looked from side to side to see if any of the other umpires were going to pay the free kick. He was the controlling umpire and was directly in front of it.
Good on ya mate, I'm glad you're excited, you should be, we all should be. But I'm gonna curb my excitement until we are 100% guaranteed a finals birth, right we now we are not.
That's how you win a game ........ tackle hard, chase hard, pressure the opposition & attack the ball-carrier.
Fogarty's tackle on Mihocek (?) was first class.
Weitering was superb all night.
There was hardly a poor player on the field tonight.
Sadly, Marchbank made some horrible errors and whilst some will say he has been out of the game for a long time, you may not have your "touch" first up but you don't lose your experience & knowledge. His papers must be stamped now !!!
I reckon Nick Daicos will wake up in the morning very sore after tonight, he got grappled & double-teamed all night and was nothing near the contributor he has been this year - good coaching & well drilled from the players.
Yes and don't forget Motlop. A couple of hard as nails tackles on much bigger opponents, and they stuck. Pressure, Presser and then some.
On Marchbank, a coupe of horrible mistakes. Can you imagine what could be going through his mind after everything that he has gone through over the last few years. Confidence and continuity will make a world of difference.
I actually thought Charlie looked better and more dangerous after H got injured. This raises the question as to how we should structure our fwd set up when H returns and going forward. Imo I think we should look at keeping a lot more separation in order to stretch opposition defences and minimize the times they are both flying for the same mark.
If i remember correctly when Harry got injured last year Charlie came out of his shell and and started to lead the Coleman kicking a few bags. Will be interesting to see how he goes over the next few weeks without his partner in crime.
Thought Saad has been off the boil and hasnt handled the tagging that well and his numbers are down and its been hurting us badly. That Crows game with Keays employed as a minder seems to have woken other teams up on how to play him and we need to free him up more. TDk's ruckwork was ok but he didnt do much around the ground and poor Jack had a shocker and looks miserable imho. Cripps looks like he has a few things on his mind and maybe its time to for him to relinquish the captains role and ease the pressure. Walsh is another who is trying very hard but seems under pressure all the time and his kicking lacks penetration over a distance so he wants to go short all the time.
Re Walsh it maybe his back injury still troubling him. I think Crippa had the same issue a couple of years ago. And Hewett has not being the same as last year after his back injury.
